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And rarer still to see it in a space so small </div> <div class="images_hz_index"> <a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/fontaines-dc-pryzm-kingston-review-romance-grian-chatten"> <picture> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Fontaines-DC-640-150x150.jpg.webp"/> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20220'%3E%3C/svg%3E" width="220" height="220" alt="Fontaines DC @ Pryzm, Kingston review – “a sweaty, political, and romantic ..." data-lazy-src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Fontaines-DC-640-150x150.jpg"/><noscript><img src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Fontaines-DC-640-150x150.jpg" width="220" height="220" alt="Fontaines DC @ Pryzm, Kingston review – “a sweaty, political, and romantic ..."/></noscript> </picture> </a></br />  </div> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> <div class="image_text_box_index"> <h3><a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/the-magnetic-fields-barbican-london-2">The Magnetic Fields review: “A special performance of a magnificent, unique album...</h3></a><h5>by Steven Johnson</h5> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> Stephin Merritt and co perform their iconic 69 Love Songs triple album in full over two joyous, rapturously received nights </div> <div class="images_hz_index"> <a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/the-magnetic-fields-barbican-london-2"> <picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/the-magnetic-fields-barbican-2-150x150.jpg.webp"/> <img src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/the-magnetic-fields-barbican-2-150x150.jpg" width="220" height="220" alt="The Magnetic Fields review: “A special performance of a magnificent, unique album..."/> </picture> </a></br />  </div> <div style="float: left; width: 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<h3><a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/lcd-soundsystem-all-points-east-review-london">LCD Soundsystem review: All Points East @ Victoria Park, London</h3></a><h5>by Michael Hubbard</h5> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> Time passes, we all age, but James Murphy’s gang remain as essential as ever with a celebration of the here and now in the knowledge that, immediately, it will have been and gone </div> <div class="images_hz_index"> <a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/lcd-soundsystem-all-points-east-review-london"> <picture> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/LCD-Soundsystem-2-640-150x150.jpg.webp"/> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20220'%3E%3C/svg%3E" width="220" height="220" alt="LCD Soundsystem review: All Points East @ Victoria Park, London" 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href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/grace-jones-love-motion-south-facing-crystal-palace-bowl-london"> <picture> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Grace-Jones-Love-Motion-3-640-150x150.jpg.webp"/> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20220'%3E%3C/svg%3E" width="220" height="220" alt="Grace Jones @ South Facing, Crystal Palace Bowl, London review: “A singular pheno..." data-lazy-src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Grace-Jones-Love-Motion-3-640-150x150.jpg"/><noscript><img src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Grace-Jones-Love-Motion-3-640-150x150.jpg" width="220" height="220" alt="Grace Jones @ South Facing, Crystal Palace Bowl, London review: “A singular pheno..."/></noscript> </picture> </a></br />  </div> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> <div class="image_text_box_index"> <h3><a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/suede-manic-street-preachers-alexandra-palace-park-london">Suede + Manic Street Preachers @ Alexandra Palace Park, London</h3></a><h5>by Steven Johnson</h5> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> Two longstanding and integral pieces of the alternative guitar landscape join forces for a thrilling, hit-laden double headline show </div> <div class="images_hz_index"> <a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/suede-manic-street-preachers-alexandra-palace-park-london"> <picture> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/suede-alexandra-palace-park-dean-chalkley-1-150x150.jpg.webp"/> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20220'%3E%3C/svg%3E" width="220" height="220" alt="Suede + Manic Street Preachers @ Alexandra Palace Park, London" data-lazy-src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/suede-alexandra-palace-park-dean-chalkley-1-150x150.jpg"/><noscript><img src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/suede-alexandra-palace-park-dean-chalkley-1-150x150.jpg" width="220" height="220" alt="Suede + Manic Street Preachers @ Alexandra Palace Park, London"/></noscript> </picture> </a></br />  </div> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> <div class="image_text_box_index"> <h3><a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/arlo-parks-marika-hackman-regents-park-open-air-theatre-london">Arlo Parks & Marika Hackman @ Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London</h3></a><h5>by Steven Johnson</h5> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> Transgressive’s twentieth anniversary celebrations get underway with a triumphant, if rain-soaked, outdoor show </div> <div class="images_hz_index"> <a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/arlo-parks-marika-hackman-regents-park-open-air-theatre-london"> <picture> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/arlo-parks-regents-park-open-air-theatre-1-150x150.jpg.webp"/> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20220'%3E%3C/svg%3E" width="220" height="220" alt="Arlo Parks & Marika Hackman @ Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London" data-lazy-src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/arlo-parks-regents-park-open-air-theatre-1-150x150.jpg"/><noscript><img src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/arlo-parks-regents-park-open-air-theatre-1-150x150.jpg" width="220" height="220" alt="Arlo Parks & Marika Hackman @ Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London"/></noscript> </picture> </a></br />  </div> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> <div class="image_text_box_index"> <h3><a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/kylie-minogue-bst-hyde-park-london">Kylie Minogue @ BST Hyde Park, London review – a phenomenon returns</h3></a><h5>by Michael Hubbard</h5> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> The Australian pop icon’s set is a soundtrack to joy, intergenerational togetherness, and the unquenchable human need for fun </div> <div class="images_hz_index"> <a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/kylie-minogue-bst-hyde-park-london"> <picture> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Kylie-Minogue-BST-Hyde-Park-640-150x150.jpg.webp"/> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20220'%3E%3C/svg%3E" width="220" height="220" alt="Kylie Minogue @ BST Hyde Park, London review – a phenomenon returns" data-lazy-src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Kylie-Minogue-BST-Hyde-Park-640-150x150.jpg"/><noscript><img src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Kylie-Minogue-BST-Hyde-Park-640-150x150.jpg" width="220" height="220" alt="Kylie Minogue @ BST Hyde Park, London review – a phenomenon returns"/></noscript> </picture> </a></br />  </div> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> <div class="image_text_box_index"> <h3><a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/nils-frahm-music-for-london-review-barbican">Nils Frahm review – a satisfying acoustic journey</h3></a><h5>by Barry Creasy</h5> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> The German solo phenomenon’s enticingly hypnotic first of six sets at London’s Barbican Hall demonstrates an artist interested in texture </div> <div class="images_hz_index"> <a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/nils-frahm-music-for-london-review-barbican"> <picture> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Frahm-mini-150x150.jpg.webp"/> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20220'%3E%3C/svg%3E" width="220" height="220" alt="Nils Frahm review – a satisfying acoustic journey" data-lazy-src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Frahm-mini-150x150.jpg"/><noscript><img src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Frahm-mini-150x150.jpg" width="220" height="220" alt="Nils Frahm review – a satisfying acoustic journey"/></noscript> </picture> </a></br />  </div> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> <div class="image_text_box_index"> <h3><a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/bat-for-lashes-barbican-london">Bat For Lashes @ Barbican, London</h3></a><h5>by Steven Johnson</h5> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> Natasha Khan balances songs from new album The Dream Of Delphi with older selections in a show that alternately pulsates and sparkles </div> <div class="images_hz_index"> <a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/bat-for-lashes-barbican-london"> <picture> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/bat-for-lashes-barbican-1-150x150.jpg.webp"/> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20220'%3E%3C/svg%3E" width="220" height="220" alt="Bat For Lashes @ Barbican, London" data-lazy-src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/bat-for-lashes-barbican-1-150x150.jpg"/><noscript><img src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/bat-for-lashes-barbican-1-150x150.jpg" width="220" height="220" alt="Bat For Lashes @ Barbican, London"/></noscript> </picture> </a></br />  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style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> Portishead legend showcases tracks from her new solo album Lives Outgrown in a visceral, cinematic and compelling show </div> <div class="images_hz_index"> <a href="https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/beth-gibbons-barbican-london"> <picture> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/beth-gibbons-netti-habel-1-150x150.jpg.webp"/> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20220'%3E%3C/svg%3E" width="220" height="220" alt="Beth Gibbons @ Barbican, London" data-lazy-src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/beth-gibbons-netti-habel-1-150x150.jpg"/><noscript><img src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/beth-gibbons-netti-habel-1-150x150.jpg" width="220" height="220" alt="Beth Gibbons @ Barbican, London"/></noscript> </picture> </a></br />  </div> <div style="float: left; width: 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